US EditionPeel Police Charge Six in GTA Luxury Carjacking Ring Exporting Vehicles to Ghana
Six suspects face 30 charges for stealing and exporting eight luxury vehicles worth $800,000, targeting Mercedes-Benz cars for resale or shipment to Ghana.
- An investigation dubbed Project Stratis has resulted in six arrests and the seizure of approximately $800,000 in stolen luxury vehicles in Peel Region and the Greater Toronto Area.
- The suspects were targeting high-end vehicles, primarily Mercedes-Benz models, re-vinning them, and shipping them to Ghana to be resold.
- The stolen vehicles were found in storage lockers, an auto body shop, and shipping containers, with two suspects arrested at Toronto Pearson International Airport while attempting to fly to Ghana.
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6 charged in relation to violent carjackings, overseas vehicle resale ring: Peel police
Peel police have recovered $800,000 worth of stolen vehicles as part of a bust targeting an auto-theft ring believed to be selling stolen vehicles overseas, investigators say. Six people are now facing charges, police announced Monday at a news conference.
Police bust ‘violent’ carjacking ring that was allegedly stealing high-end vehicles, shipping them to Africa
Six suspects are facing a combined 30 charges after police say they busted a “violent” criminal network that was targeting luxury vehicles across the Greater Toronto Area and shipping them to Africa.
Peel police bust ‘violent’ carjacking ring that was allegedly stealing high-end vehicles, shipping them to Africa
Six suspects are facing a combined 30 charges after police say they busted a “violent” criminal network that was targeting luxury vehicles across the Greater Toronto Area and shipping them to Africa.
Six arrested, $800,000 worth of luxury vehicles recovered in GTA carjacking investigation
A total of 30 charges have been laid against the six suspects, three of whom are of Toronto. All are facing possession of property obtained by crime, with three facing additional charges of robbery and laundering.
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